← The dogs had suddenly caught sight of them, and it was only by a swift dash for their holes that the rats saved their lives. 🔊
← There were only four dissentients, the three dogs and the cat, who was afterwards discovered to have voted on both sides. 🔊
← But it reminded me of something that I had long forgotten. Many years ago, when I was a little pig, my mother and the other sows used to sing an old song of which they knew only the tune and the first three words. 🔊
← After only a moment or two they gave up trying to defend themselves and took to their heels. 🔊
← About the Rebellion and its results he would express no opinion. When asked whether he was not happier now that Jones was gone, he would say only "Donkeys live a long time. 🔊
← He took them up into a loft which could only be reached by a ladder from the harness−room, and there kept them in such seclusion that the rest of the farm soon forgot their existence. 🔊
← The only good human being is a dead one." "I have no wish to take life, not even human life," repeated Boxer, and his eyes were full of tears. 🔊
← She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off. And when the others came back from looking for her, it was to find that the stable−lad, who in fact was only stunned, had already recovered and made off. 🔊
← And thereafter, he declared, so much labour would be saved that the animals would only need to work three days a week. 🔊
← Snowball was racing across the long pasture that led to the road. He was running as only a pig can run, but the dogs were close on his heels. 🔊
← The advantage of only having to feed themselves, and not having to support five extravagant human beings as well, was so great that it would have taken a lot of failures to outweigh it. 🔊
← Nevertheless, some of the animals were disturbed when they heard that the pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing−room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds. 🔊
← They could only be traced for a few yards, but appeared to lead to a hole in the hedge. 🔊
← He was Jones's secret agent all the time. It has all been proved by documents which he left behind him and which we have only just discovered. 🔊
← The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage. 🔊
← It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken. 🔊
← However, Benjamin and Clover could only be with Boxer after working hours, and it was in the middle of the day when the van came to take him away. 🔊
← Many animals had been born to whom the Rebellion was only a dim tradition, passed on by word of mouth, and others had been bought who had never heard mention of such a thing before their arrival. 🔊
← They were still the only farm in the whole county−in all England!−owned and operated by animals. 🔊
← Mr. Pilkington had referred throughout to "Animal Farm." He could not of course know−for he, Napoleon, was only now for the first time announcing it−that the name "Animal Farm" had been abolished. 🔊